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As we consider how best to organize and structure worship in a time of pandemic, a guiding question is one that applies to every situation: does the liturgy translate the Gospel for this moment, in this context? Photo: LWF/A. Danielsson

Digital Worship and Sacramental Life in a Time of Pandemic

A liturgical criterion

As we consider how best to organize and structure worship in a time of pandemic, a guiding question is one that applies to every situation: does the liturgy translate the Gospel for this moment, in this context?…

LWF General Secretary, Rev. Dr Martin Junge. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

A year of resilience and hope amidst deep suffering

Looking back at one year of the COVID-19 pandemic

One year ago, on 11 March 2020, COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization.

This was an unprecedented challenge, where people, communities, and churches faced…

Installation service and reception for LWF General Secretary Rev. Anne Burghardt, in the chapel and lobby of the Ecumenical Center, Geneva (Switzerland), 17 November 2021. Photo: LWF/M. Renaux

Rev. Anne Burghardt: the first 100 days

LWF’s General Secretary reflects on her first months in office and the mission of the Lutheran World Federation and its member churches

Last week I reached the milestone of my first 100 days as General Secretary of the Lutheran World…

The 14 Bishops and Presidents from LWF member churches participating in the 2023 Retreat of Newly Elected Leaders gather in the Ecumenical Center Chapel in Geneva. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay

RONEL: Church leaders share signs of hope in the Lutheran communion

This year’s LWF retreat for newly elected heads of churches offered space to reflect on being a leader in different contexts, and sharing practices that drive church engagement, growth and unity.

16 Days - Ms Sarah Nanjala — Ms Sarah Nanjala, UN Women’s Geneva Office, addressing participants at the LWF Communion Office event. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay

Lutheran church leaders join LWF 16 Days Campaign event

UN representative underlines critical role of faith communities in the global fight against sexual and gender-based violence, and Lutheran church leaders share their churches’ response.

Nora Antonsen at LWF’s Pre-Assembly for Europe held in Oxford, UK, in March 2023. Photo: LWF/A. Hillert

Norway: Nordic youth hopes for Krakow Assembly

In this Voices from the Communion, youth delegate Nora Antonsen shares her passion for climate justice, entrepreneurship and youth empowerment - values shaped by her experience with LWF’s delegation at COP in Glasgow…

LWF scholarship holder Ms Laura Saravia, a theology student at the Augsburg Lutheran Seminary in Mexico, is an active member of the Youth Council of her native Salvadoran Lutheran Church. Photo: LWF/Eugenio Albrecht

LWF grants scholarship for 2023

The LWF has approved more than 120 candidates for its scholarships’ program in theology and diakonia studies in 2023. The majority are youth.

Songs of praise during a worship service in Asia. Photo: LWF/C.KÃ¤stner

More than 74 million members in LWF’s 145 churches

GENEVA, 30August 2016 (LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) churches around the world currently bring together more than 74 million members. This represents an increase of 2.1 million since 2013, with membership generally growing…

LWF lay leaders: studying Lutheran theology at historical sites of the Reformation and experiencing the worldwide church community.

First LWF seminar for lay leaders offers sound theological knowledge

"A priesthood of all believers"

(LWI) - Women and men from all regions of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) are taking part in the first LWF seminar for lay people in church leadership positions, from 19 to 28 January at the LWF Center…